Not pushing up daisies yet, well, a few times, but learning to save. Nickie, found out about the garden, so delightfulonce I figured out.Been back to killing orcs. All execpt one huge guy that is Ugly!!I just run from him.Marion, I could go to Stormfist now, but I think I need to solve some other things. Like that darn cave with the lost kid, I really don't want to go in there, gotta stake handy???I achieved another level, bees and boars helped with that-lolRocky Road and DD go so well together!!

You and me both, Jean! Have to get my vicarious thrill this way, hearing about the steps Marion and Ingie are going through. And Singer, too funny - just happy I made it standing at the end of a game, so it is so true!Don't know if anyone is interested, but I played two full days going through the Wastelands with no end in sight of the relentless hordes, and realized I must not be going about it the right way. Reloaded from the start of it, and maxed my deadly disk spell, and then whipped through the whole thing in a matter of hours. From there on out, except for crossing the swamp, that spell worked like a charm

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nickie! Remember when I was in the Wastelands? I was polymorphing right and left and then wondering why the monsters were popping up again. It finally sank it that if I polymorphed them they would turn back eventually, so I had to go back and kill them.

I DO remember, Jean! Too funny - "Why are there all these bunnies and frogs in the desert?" Maybe we should start a thread about our bloopers on DD and Z...no, mine alone would probably shut down the server again!

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OH, now there's a desert and wasteland-yippeeThose frogs are very strange little fellows, not sure why they're so hostile!I ended last night at the gate of Stormfist Castle, but I don't think I'm ready...I think I have to finish up a few quests? Like going to that cave, and what am I to do about Maria? That town V... whatever, didn't really get a whole lot done there, thought perhaps I was there too soon. I wish now I had saved a game at each town..my computer would have really enjoyed that..Do I need to go back to where I started and finish any business? I can't find the Med...guythe one I saved, he's not in any Inn I've been toHowever did find the others..Old grouchie was there and tried to zap me when I said goodbye-he needs an attitude adjustment if you ask me.I know the vampire that killed George is in Wine Cellar. I saved before going in, he killed me, tried twice, but sucked me dry both times.There was a sword called Something Vampire Slayer, but the Amory Man won't deal with me-he didn't care for my theiving ways-hey a girl has to make a living. The blacksmith doesn't have one. So, I'm kinda lost wondering where to go??A little hint always appreciated.

I made it through the wastelands this weekend. Killed everything I could find and got the invisibility spell from the dragon. But everytime I use it to cross the poison lake, some ghosts (or something) comes along and zap...I'm dead. Is there some trick I'm missing (again???)

Oh well, off to work and then I can play tonight!

Ingie - save that dratted Stormfist castle for very very last if you can. Oh and the vampire in the cave with the little boy, he's not too tough to kill as I recall and you get tons of experience if you sacrifice yourself for the little boy.

Ingie, not sure what guy you are trying to find? You can improve some people's attitude by giving them items. Go to them like a regular trade, and just ask for nothing in return. Also, if you can get charms that boost your spiritual side, you will have an easier time of it with the vampires and other undead.The further you go in the game in fact, this is something you need to boost up.On that Maria quest, do you mean you haven't found the right person to finish it?Marion, did you put any more points into that invisibility spell? I think I put an extra level into it, to be able to get across the swamp without reappearing and getting zapped.

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Hmm Marion, don't know what else to tell you. Except when you're going across the swamp, are you getting to land? It's easy to go what seems like forever without seeing land, but if you're at the southern part of your map, you should be able to cross it quickly, and see another thousand or so bad guys waiting on land for you.

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Okay, I use the invisibility spell which consumes 27 magic to cast the spell. Then at that level, I should be consuming 3 points per second. I have 1112 total magic points. And it takes approximately 10-12 seconds of running across that swamp, and boom...no more magic and I'm dead. Am I using fuzzy math? Shouldn't I be living a little longer than 12 seconds (12 x 3 = 36). I should have plenty of magic do get across that swamp. What am I doing wrong?

I have a major question about the charms, once you place it in one object, can you remove it if you get something better?? I received a better shield, but have a charm in the one, can I exchange it? and how??ok, saved the kid, went to the church, caught the kid doing the pee thing, bad brat..loved killing ghosties!! Went through the area with zombies, ghouls and other snotty looking critters, went back to Blacksmith to mend and repair and just generally take a good peek at, he is a speciman isn't he, oops, ok, halo little low that time. I can't find a wishing well anywhere, went all around the abby and graveyard.Belong the Thief's Guild-Mom would be so proud!took everything that wasn't nailed down.I'm going after the bottle of wine for the summon mistress, then I think I'll try the vamp in wine merchants again, oh and I'm at level 16 & 1/2 Oh and I'm suppose to try to get some lockpics, I have gone around the outer edge of stormfist, but not entered yet..I think I need to go back to the army barracks place..but there's those nasty guys that change the soliders against me.Big Ole Orc went to Inn and killed a bunch of people while chasing me, so I got all the goodies!Sorry so long Marion, I know you're tired of drowning, so looking forward to that!Cheers!

Marion, sorry, just don't know. My math is atrocious, but it does seem like you should be getting further. Can you gobble some mana potions on your way, and see if that helps? If not, perhaps you could post on the Larian board? There just may be something about doing it as a thief that I'm not comprehending, cause as a wizard it was a snap.Ingie, no, you can't move the charms, darn it! That was a suggestion by many people for their new game. You're coming along great - big and bad at 16! Did you go into the sewers ? If not, it will level you up quickly. Yep, you and Marion and the blacksmith, uh huh! Not that I would notice such a thing! My halo is firmly in place!You're beefy enough to kill all those soldiers that are zapped out now, so demolish them for some easy points (the real bad guys are gone from there).Wishing well is near the burned wagon - to the left of it, up in the area with no buildings. JMK has better directions for it, if she comes along, since she told me where to find it!If you're looking for the lockpicks for the quest, they're inside a building in Verdistis. You have to swipe them from a desk. Need me to tell you where, and I will.You'll need to get a branch for the summoning from a different area you haven't been to.Funny about the little brat, huh? And don't forget to do the abbey before you go into Stormfist, but I wouldn't do it before you reach the twenties...IF you have extra points now, consider the summoning spell and your own knight, and also the skeleton wall. I used both for help in the abbey, since there are so many darn baddies coming from all sides.

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"How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on."- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry